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Ms. Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the number of family credit claimants in the south-west by each Department of Social Security area for the latest period, and the percentage change from the respective figure of 12 months ago.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard
The information requested is in the table:
| Social Security local offices in the South West. | ||
| Number of families1 | Percentage change2 | |
| Barnstaple | 762 | +3·8 |
| Bath | 598 | -8·7 |
| Bournemouth | 711 | +12·0 |
| Bridgewater | 559 | +4·1 |
| Bristol (Central) | 402 | -0·5 |
| Bristol (East) | 754 | -6·1 |
| Bristol (Horfield) | 412 | +0·2 |
| Bristol (South) | 688 | +5·0 |
| Bristol (West) | 324 | + 0·3 |
| Cheltenham | 675 | +8·9 |
| Chippenham | 449 | +0·2 |
| Devonport | 273 | +11·4 |
| Exeter | 1,747 | +5·8 |
| Gloucester | 860 | -1·0 |
| Launceston | 640 | -0·2 |
| Penzance | 835 | +5·3 |
| Plymouth | 1,490 | +7·3 |
| Poole | 679 | -2·6 |
| Salisbury | 557 | +13·2 |
| St. Austell | 957 | +3·0 |
| Stroud | 590 | +13·0 |
| Swindon | 611 | -0·5 |
| Taunton | 963 | 0·0 |
| Torbay | 1,436 | +7·8 |
| Trowbridge | 401 | -0·7 |
| Truro | 1,204 | +9·8 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 461 | +0·9 |
| Weymouth | 770 | +7·1 |
| Yeovil | 605 | +14·6 |
| 1Number of families in receipt of family credit on 1 June 1990 who at the time their award was made were living in the areas covered by each office. | ||
| 2 Percentage change compared with 3 April 1989 (the nearest comparable date in 1989 for which figures are available). | ||